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The American history and encyclopedia of music .., 1908
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1Bochsa
2a duet and a symphony for the flute and at sixteen he wrote an opera, Trajan. His family having moved to Bordeaux, he studied composition for a year with the celebrated Franz Beck. During this time he wrote an oratorio, Le Déluge Universal; and a ballet. In 1806, having already become very proficient on the harp, piano, the violin and flute, Bochsa entered the Conservatory of Paris where he took up composition and harmony under Catel and Méhul. Later he studied the harp under Nadermann and Marin, but formed an entirely new style of his own and completely revolutionized harp-playing. In 1813, he became first harpist to the Emperor Napoleon and, in 1816, was appointed to the same position for Louis XVIII. In 1817, being detected in large forgeries, he fled to London and never returned to France. Bochsa popularized the harp in London and became a much sought for and fashionable teacher. In 1822, when the Academy of Music was established, he was made professor of the harp, but charges of misconduct were brought against him and in 1827, he was dismissed. From 1826 to 1832 he conducted the Italian Opera at the King's Theatre. In 1839, he eloped with Sir Henry Bishop's wife, with whom he made concert tours through Europe, America and Australia, where he died in Sidney, of dropsy.
4Bochsa composed nine operas; four ballets; an oratorio, already mentioned; a Requiem Mass and several orchestral works; beside about one hundred and fifty works for the harp, consisting of concertos, symphonies, fantasias, sonatas and capriccios. He also wrote a Method for the Harp, which is still a standard. Bochsa is said to have been too prolific for his own fame as a musician and as a man he was very unreliable and dissipated.
6Boehm (bām), Joseph. 1795-1876.
7Well-known violinist and teacher. He was born at Pesth and studied first with his father and later with Rode. Began his career in 1815, at Vienna, after which he spent several years making concert tours in Italy. After returning to Vienna, in 1819, he was appointed professor of the violin in the Conservatory of Vienna. And in 1821 he became a member of the Imperial band. From 1823 to 1825 he again made successful concert tours.
9Boëllmann
10It was a teacher, however, that he was best known and among his many famous pupils were Ernst, Joachim, Hellmesberger, Singer and Straus. He published about twenty compositions for the violin which are of no special importance.
12Boekelmann (bā'-kēl-mān), Bernardus. 1838-
13Excellent pianist. Born in Holland. Studied first with his father, who was a musical director. Went to Leipsic in 1857, where he studied in the Conservatory under Moscheles, Richter, and Hauptmann. During 1861 and 1862 he was in Berlin, as a private pupil of Kiel, Von Bülow and Weitzmann. Boekelmann made a trip to Mexico, in 1864, where he played on several occasions before the Court. In 1866, he settled in New York, where he has since lived as a teacher and pianist and where he founded and conducted the New York Trio Club. He has composed orchestral music, and many études for the piano; as well as four and eight-hand pieces and solos, also pieces for the violin and piano, and songs. He has published an edition of Bach's Well-tempered Clavichord, in colors, which is very unique.
15Boëllmann (bwěl'-mān), Léon. 1862-1897.
16French organist and composer, whose work is marked by grace and clearness. He was an excellent organ-player, and wrote much music for the organ; many short pieces; two suites; and a fantastic dialogue for organ and orchestra. He left sixty-eight published works, among them a symphony; famous variations symphoniques for violoncello and orchestra; a sonata for piano and violoncello; songs; pieces for the piano; much church music; a trio; and his quartet for piano and strings which gained the prize, in 1877, of the Société des Compositeurs. Léon Boëllmann was born at Ensisheim, Alsace, and at an early age went to Paris for study. He was a pupil at the school founded by Niedermeyer, where his teacher was Gigout, the celebrated organist. Boëllmann taught for a period in Gigout's Organ School; for awhile was sub-organist, and later became chief organist at the Church of St. Vincent de Paul, Paris. He died in Paris in the autumn of 1897.
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